Alex Ritson

This is the first national poll since the country's former premier, Sheikh Hasina, was deposed in 2024 after several months of violent unrest.

Since then, Bangladesh has been run by a caretaker government.

headed by the Nobel Prize winner Mohamed Younis.

He says he'll step down after the vote.

More than 50 political parties are hoping to win a share of the 350 parliamentary seats being contested.

The party of Sheikh Hasina, the Awami League, has been banned from contesting the election.

So who are the main contenders?

Our correspondent in Dhaka is Azadeh Moshiri.

Yeah, it is the first election since the ousting of Sheikh Hasina.

Give us a sense of how important that is.

And so the Awami League banned.

What other constitutional reforms are being voted on?

Azadeh Moshiri in Dhaka.

The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has held talks with Donald Trump at the White House as the US continues to seek a deal with Iran over its nuclear programme.

Israel wants any agreement to include curbs on Iran's missiles and other security threats.

Iran has suggested it is ready to limit its nuclear programme in return for sanctions relief.

but has rejected other demands.

Our correspondent in Washington, Tom Bateman, spoke to Oliver Conway.

This was a very long meeting and a very short statement at the end of it.

And unusually, there hasn't been the kind of photo opportunity moments and the cameras allowed into the Oval Office.